Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.